traditional occupation

collocation in English

meaningsoftraditionalandoccupation

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traditional
adjective
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even in this area oftraditionaloccupation, they often face competition from cheap foreign labour.
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Yet others, as mentioned above, have become salaried workers in the city centres by utilising theirtraditionaloccupationof sweeping and cleaning to get into stable and gainful employment.
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Fishing is a long-established andtraditionaloccupationwhich also has a future.
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Moving out of fishing altogether can pose problems for the boat owners, who are individuals and families, apart from the loss of atraditionaloccupationand business.
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Theirtraditionaloccupation, or "avakasam", was tending to and tapping the sap of such palms.
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They are community still very much involved in theirtraditionaloccupationwhich is washing clothes.
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Theirtraditionaloccupationwas also that of seafaring.
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Theretraditionaloccupationwas tapping toddy from palm trees.
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Many have seen a decline in theirtraditionaloccupation, and are employed as day labourers.
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The community maintain itstraditionaloccupationof digging canals or working in mines.
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Many have given up theirtraditionaloccupation, and recent surveys show only ten percent are still involved in theirtraditionaloccupation.
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The community is split between those who are small scale farmers and those who maintain theirtraditionaloccupationof temple priest.
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Theretraditionaloccupationwas shoe making, but with the spread of factory manufactured shoes.
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A dwindling supply of raw materials such as copper, tin, brass, and coal as fuel, has led many craftsmen to abandon theirtraditionaloccupation.
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They are very poor because theirtraditionaloccupationis occupied by large companies.
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Theirtraditionaloccupationof cotton carding has been affected by industrialisation, and many have taken to the manufacturing of pillows, quilts and mattresses.
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Theirtraditionaloccupationhas been that of a barber and hairdresser.
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Most have now given up theirtraditionaloccupation, and are now landless agricultural labourers.
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He entered the military, atraditionaloccupationof younger sons.
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Like other artisan groups, they have seen a decline in theirtraditionaloccupation, with many petty businessmen or wage labourers.
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